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Oliver brown and 12 other parents attempted to enroll their children in an all white school. They were denied access and decided to sue, the case went to the supreme court. Thurgood Marshall (NAACP Lawyer) Used the "doll test" as evidence, the doll test supported the argument that segregation affected African American children. May 17, 1954 the supreme court declared the school was being unequal.
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A women named Rosa Parks decides that she does not want to sit in the back if the buss any more. This starts a movement of African Americans not sitting in the back or not taking the bus at all.
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In 1957 a judge orders public school to desegregate. Elizabeth Eckford and 8 other African American students went to join the public school in Arkansas. The day they were supposed to start, September 4, 1957. National Guard showed up to prevent the joining. They were surrounded by angry mobs.
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February 1, 1960 4 African American college students walked into Woolworths store and sat down at the lunch counter. They attempted to order food, no waitress would serve them. They had stayed till it closed and came back the next day with 20 more people.The sit in was out on tv and people all over saw it and decided to do the same thing. July 25, 1960 the first African American ate at the woolsworth counter. May 10, 1960 Nashville was the first big city to start integrating public facilities.
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On May 4, 1961 a bus of 7 blacks and 6 whites begin their journey to the south. An angry mob followed them and threw a fire bomb into the bus, the second bus when arriving; All passengers were beaten.
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In 1963 the time was perfect to go onto a march. They decided to take a march on Washington for jobs and freedom. August 28, 1963 they took 250,000 people and went on a march. 60,000 of these people were white.
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June 21,1964. Over 900 people volunteered for the Freedom Summer. Most of these volunteers were white college students. 3 young adults James chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Micheal Schwener went missing. Their three bodies were later found, they had been murdered. on March 7, 1965 the Freedom Summer started their marches. In 1965 a law " voting rights act of 1965" was passed to use tactics to deny African Americans to vote.
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In the Selma to Montgomery March, around 600 civil rights marchers walk to Selma, Alabama to Montgomery—the state’s capital—in protest of Black voter suppression. Local police block and brutally attack them. After successfully fighting in court for their right to march, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders lead two more marches and finally reach Montgomery on March 25.
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Starting from a failed sobriety test, a man was scared to go to jail. The officer was mad for the guy putting up a fight. A riot started after this incident, the police stated using force. Lasting 6 days with 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, and 4,000 arrest. All in all 40 million dollars of damages was done.
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The black Panther was a political organization for challenging police brutality. Over 2,000 members. The events between the black panther and the police often ended in deadly shootouts.
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This was the event of the presidents national advisory commission on civil disorders. He was condemning racism as the reason for recent riots.
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April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr was murdered. This created a huge outrage across the country. This created a riot, 4,000 people were arrested. Every military defense and police showed up to help.
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A child named Larry whom is 13, was told by some friends that there was a party going on in an abandoned apartment. As the party was going on the police showed up. A girl went to run away from the party knowing that the police had arrived. A cop shot her in the back of the head, witness says he shot for no reason.
